Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

There are several posts on here regarding the speed difference depending on
the chassis colour.
After driving well over 100+ NSX, I didn’t feel much difference in acceleration
unless there were some modifications on the car.

Still, being as the owner of Formula Red with Berlina Black roof,
I hope it’s the fastest colour in my imagination.


To coordinate the colour, this is the motherboard for my new ...

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Personal View/Self Talk

As I already knew about the head gasket issue, didn’t want to
warm the engine up in preparation for the compression check and obviously,
no test driving session.




Instead, decided to carry out cold leakdown test.

The engine is cold and it was parked nearly two weeks now so
the data ...

Updated 18-04-2014 at 01:24 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: camshaft, leak down test, lma, rocker arm

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Eng oil was really black and there were lots of oil mist at the rubber joint
between the TH body and the air box so the PCV valve may need replacing.
It was very dirty any way.

Despite the above fact and although it will still require extra time cleaning the
internal parts, the rear bank was not too bad.

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Updated 18-04-2014 at 01:23 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: assembly paste, blowby, rocker arm, tb rear cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

As always, IAT sensor was covered in sticky blowby gunk.
Cleaned it and will be installed with new o-ring.





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Updated 18-04-2014 at 01:23 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: iat sensor, spark plug, tb cover, tb lower cover, timing belt, valve cover gasket

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

You guessed it right. I was still washing the engine for 2 days.....
Finally, I’m happy with the 1st stage washing so that I can start
removing the parts.
As always, I don’t want to open the engine before cleaning it otherwise
some debris will fall into the engine.



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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA